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Letting teachers have summer breaks benefits the public.

University officials said Monday that James Cofer was stepping down as president to become a professor in the business school.

Many residents rely on public transportation to get to and from work, but current bus schedules don't accommodate those who work night shifts.

Construction of an 80,000-square-foot lab and office facility will likely begin at Discovery Ridge Research Park in early 2012.

Rod Blagojevich was convicted Monday of a wide range of corruption charges, including the incendiary allegation that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's Senate seat.

The river at Jefferson City was just above the 23-foot flood stage Monday morning. By the end of the week, it was expected to rise about 6 feet.

The accident happened in eastern Oklahoma, near Muskogee. The three MU students were on their way back to Columbia after visiting a friend in Texas.

Spirit of '76 store and tent manager Bill Cobb and employee Alesha Cartwright put on a demonstration of 30 of their fireworks Saturday.

Members of Congress who support the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and are also in favor of cutting the VA budget are engaging in hypocrisy.

The team conducted the sessions in an area between Walnut and Ash streets.

The Columbia Police Department made 121 traffic stops during a 24-hour Interstate 70 enforcement project.

Flooding forecasts for Boonville and Jefferson City are now at their highest levels since the record releases from reservoirs upriver.

Columbia Police Officers were dispatched to Foyer Court around 1 a.m. Saturday for a physical disturbance. One person was struck in the earlobe by a bullet.

Two others were injured in the accident at U.S. 63 and Peabody Road, and one of them was taken to University Hospital with moderate injuries.

Service to Austin, Texas, will begin Sept. 16 and run through Dec. 14, and service to Phoenix will begin Sept. 17 and run through Dec. 10.

Robert Foster, 48, was arguing with his girlfriend when he pointed a gun at her head and threatened to kill her.

Minot residents look ahead to an arduous rebuilding job after the Souris River flooded much of their city. "It's our home," Jane Krueger, 76, said Sunday while waiting to meet with the FEMA official. "It's where we belong."

The traffic signals at Interstate 70 and Range Line Street are not working and motorists should avoid that area.

The popular electronics and software company purchases a mineral for its products from war-ravaged Congo, rather than Australia, among other corporate fouls.